Anyone who knows me in real life knows I'm a 'in ya face' type of fella who doesn't suffer fools gladly.

I've been dealt a few shite cards in my life, the worst being; my son diagnosed with a brain tumour at 7 years old & him having to undergo 18 months of treatment
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I took the diagnosis by crying for 20 minutes with my ex father in law in a side room, then facing my new 'job' head on not missing a beat till he finished treatment a year and a half later... as predicted by the hospital social workers I then had a mental breakdown
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All thorough my son's treatment and my subsequent mental health treatment the @NHS #NHS were 99% of what you would wish for in a civilised society and neither of us would be here today without their help.
All this started in December 2002 & I've not spoken to my ex wife in 15 yrs

Weds at 4.30pm the phone rang & for the 1st time in 15 years her name appeared..
I knew straight away it was one of those '3am how long will it take you to get to the hospital' calls that you come to expect as you get older and expected to hear my son had had an accident
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She told me through tears that she was at the hospital and he'd just been diagnosed with Leukaemia at 24

I now find myself walking the same shite path and trying to fight the same invisible ghosts I'd been able to fight nose to nose previously.....
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Unfortunately, now I'm in the same boat as 1,000's of you (incl close friends who've lost parents recently) who've been relegated to distant bystanders unable to even visit loved ones going through their own personal battles some of whom didn't emerge victorious
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Wednesday night was stage one of another shite and unknown journey.

Your sorrow and comments will be appreciated but they'll be nowhere near as useful as you making an appointment with @GiveBloodNHS or registering with @AnthonyNolan
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My son has had 50+ blood/platelets transfusions but last night was the 1st he's had without me there

It's the 1st few days, I've no idea where this 'trip' is going to end but please donate blood it costs you nothing AND you get 'free' biscuits and refreshments
@GiveBloodNHS

Latest news, transferred to @TeenageCancer Y.O.U. full body MRI tomorrow (Tuesday) and theatre booked for bone marrow biopsy on Friday..........